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Kai Ryssdal’s Conversations From the Corner Office brings you inside the room with the business and cultural leaders transforming our economy. In this business leadership podcast, Ryssdal interviews experts and entrepreneurs on a wide range of topics from the news of the day, successes, failures and...
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United States of Work
What do a small town doctor, a hair stylist, and the executive director of an independent movie theater have in common? They all run businesses that p...
Running a contemporary art museum is a balancing act
Joanne Heyler, founding director of the Los Angeles contemporary art museum The Broad, takes Kai on a tour of the vaults where the collection that’s n...
Janet Yellen and David Malpass on global economic slowdown
Despite unprecedented economic expansion in the U.S., the global economy is slowing down. On today’s episode, a wide-ranging conversation on what’s st...
AMC’s Sarah Barnett on legacy TV in the streaming era
This season, you have a record 532 scripted TV shows to choose from. Netflix, Apple and cable networks are spending billions on marquee talent, intell...
How Feeding America provides 4 billion meals a year
About one in nine Americans lacked access to affordable nutrition last year, according to the USDA. Enter Feeding America, a network of tens of thousa...
Habitat for Humanity’s Jonathan Reckford on the business of helping
Since Jonathan Reckford became the CEO for Habitat for Humanity in 2005, the nonprofit housing organization has grown to help nearly 30 million people...
How Baby2Baby turned one photo into thousands of diapers
Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein knew they wanted their nonprofit, Baby2Baby, to do big things to help kids living in poverty. But they didn’...
For Lisa Kaz, the LA Auto Show is a family business
Not long after Lisa Kaz graduated college with a computer science degree, she joined her grandfather in the auto show business. Today she’s the CEO of...
David Nussbaum of America’s Test Kitchen on working with cooking superstars
David Nussbaum knows whatever he’s doing with “America’s Test Kitchen” is working when he attends events with hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin...
Ford and Jim Hackett’s big bet on an electric Mustang
When Jim Hackett became CEO of Ford Motor Co. in 2017, he pledged to make the automaker leaner and invest more in electrics and hybrids. The Mach-E, a...
For “The Walking Dead’s” Scott Gimple, a story needs sadness to make the happiness real
Scott Gimple was the showrunner for five seasons of “The Walking Dead” before becoming chief content officer for the entire franchise. And in that tim...
Powerhouse producer Eva Price on the business of Broadway
Eva Price quit her job at ABC News at 26 to chase her dream of becoming a theater producer. Fifteen years later, with three Tony Awards, more than 18...
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Ed Stack on taking a stand
When Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack took over the family business, it was only two stores. Now the company has over 700 stores, making it one of t...
Dany Garcia runs one of the most influential companies you probably haven’t heard of
Competitive bodybuilding, The Rock, and how you build an enterprise around a person: a conversation with Dany Garcia, CEO of The Garcia Companies.
What if all learning happened online?
Coursera is one of the largest companies offering “MOOCs” — that is, massive open online courses. Launched in 2012 by two Stanford professors, Courser...
How the CEO of Slack uses Slack
Slack is a workplace messaging platform that allows users to communicate with co-workers across the country, share files instantaneously and react to...
Would you drink whiskey made by Pabst?
Pabst Brewing company is perhaps best known for Pabst Blue Ribbon or PBR, a beer the 175-year-old company has sold for over a century. But while the b...
Hearst’s Steven Swartz on going digital and diversifying
Hearst was founded in 1887 by William Randolph Hearst, it started out as a single newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner. Now, Hearst is one of the lar...
Poshmark’s Manish Chandra talks resale at scale
Poshmark is an app where you can either buy items from other users or try to sell unwanted items like clothes, handbags, shoes, or home decor. Think o...
How to build a streetwear brand without selling out
The word “streetwear” might summon a few images in your head — Kanye West and his high-end Yeezy sneakers, stylish Supreme T-shirts and more. But once...
The CEO of Lands’ End knows exactly who his customers are
Lands’ End is a 56-year-old American company that made its name in the catalog business. In the digital age though, it’s had to adapt. Jerome Griffith...
The co-CEOs trying to disrupt scrubs
Health care employs more people in the United States than any other industry. About 11% of all all private-sector workers work in health care. Heather...
The brains behind “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Amy Sherman Palladino and her husband, Dan Palladino, are deep in production for season three of their hit show on Amazon, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel....
Delta CEO Ed Bastian on why he’s spending big on airports
When we last talked with Ed Bastian in 2016, he had only just been appointed CEO of Delta Air Lines. This time we caught up with him at Los Angeles In...
Jane Rosenthal is a film producer with a side gig as a CEO of the Tribeca Film Festival
Running the Tribeca Film Festival is Jane Rosenthal’s side hustle. Rosenthal co-founded it with her producing partner, Robert De Niro, in the aftermat...
RERUN: Jamie Dimon on what keeps him up at night
Jamie Dimon led JPMorgan Chase & Co. through the financial crisis. Today, it’s the largest bank in the United States, managing nearly $3 trillion – mo...
The IMF’s Christine Lagarde knows you’re anxious about the future
One of the few women leading global economic policy today is Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund. She says the biggest prob...
How Duolingo’s CEO harnessed our game addiction for good
You already know Luis von Ahn’s work. He helped create CAPTCHA, the technology that helps control spam on the internet and crowd-sources humans to hel...
Why no Wall Street CEO went to jail after the financial crisis
Millions of people lost their homes, their jobs and their savings during the financial crisis. The resulting recession destroyed over $30 trillion of...
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg on manufacturing in America today
Dennis Muilenburg started as an intern at Boeing in 1985 and never left. The aerospace company is America’s largest exporter, the Defense Department’s...
Goodyear CEO Rich Kramer talks about changing the tire shopping experience
If you own a car, then you know that taking it to the shop can be a pain. But the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company wants to make it easier to understand...
Inside the business of basketball with Los Angeles Lakers CEO Jeanie Buss
The Los Angeles Lakers are more than just a basketball team. They are also a global brand worth $3.3 billion, one of the most successful franchises in...
SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell says we’ll be on Mars within 10 years
SpaceX may be the face of the private space industry now, but it wasn’t always that way. In the 16 years since its founding, the company went from cur...
Glassdoor CEO says where you work is one of the most important decisions of your life
Glassdoor is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites. It’s probably best known as a place where you can rate your employer and get salary...
AEG CEO says the company is recession resistant
AEG is an international sports and entertainment company. It owns and operates, or is affiliated with, more than 120 of the world’s biggest venues and...
Kaiser Permanente’s CEO on the evolution of health care
It’s open enrollment time for health care plans, so we’re talking to Bernard Tyson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, one of the country’s largest health care...
Why Charles Schwab’s CEO strives for “less revenue per dollar.”
At the dawn of the financial crisis, Walt Bettinger took over as president and CEO of Charles Schwab from the company’s founder and namesake. “It was...
Why RuPaul is the ‘Queen of Queens’
It’s hard to think about about the term “drag queen” and not think of RuPaul. He is probably best known for hosting “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (for which he...
The RealReal CEO Julie Wainwright isn’t afraid of growing too fast
Would you buy a used luxury brand handbag? Maybe a watch or some shoes? Think Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, to name just a few. Julie Wainwright, CEO...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon doesn’t think he has too much power in this economy
Jamie Dimon has been at the helm of JPMorgan Chase since 2005. As the largest bank in the United States, it manages nearly $3 trillion — more than the...